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It was absent in the discussions at stage 1 because it is not relevant: the issue is comparative justice. Whether an offender is serving a full determinate sentence or is released early from a determinate sentence is irrelevant.
However, mapping that through showed the impact of a specific spend, because it directly translated, within a comparatively low-wage economy, into a slightly better average standard of earnings in a particular area.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that making a ministerial visit to the opening of a new PPP school is consistent with the Scottish Government’s objection to the funding model.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to schools on organising exchange visits. The Scottish Government has provided guidance to local authorities and schools on the protection of children and young people whilst at school.
I note your emphasis on literacy among teachers. My colleague and I were comparing notes—I should not laugh—on teachers we had who had literacy problems.
The Scottish Government has not commissioned any further research into why there are fewer male, compared with female, primary school teachers in Scotland.
Even after 15 years, one year of part-time working still shows up as a 10 per cent reduction in their wage compared with that of a man who has taken the same part-time working arrangement, which is usually to develop his human capital by undergoing education or training.